Illustrated Story Society (ages 18+)
Join us for the Illustrated Story Society, our exploration of the wide world of graphic novels and comics written for older readers! Registration for this event is appreciated but not required. Anyone attending the event is welcome to bring snacks.
All Comics for the Illustrated Story Society are available through ComicsPlus, a service accessible using your Library Card through an app on your phone or tablet or in a web browser, in order to make sure everyone has an easy time reading them. ComicsPlus has no holds and no wait times. Please don't hesitate to ask if you need help accessing ComicsPlus, or feel free to read the selections through any other method you prefer!
During this month of meals and family get-togethers, we will be reading the graphic memoir The Joy of Snacking: A Graphic Memoir about Food, Love, and Family by author and artist Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell. Here's a short summary:
"From standup comedian, New Yorker cartoonist, and the author of Murder Book comes this fresh comics memoir about being a snacker in a world of foodies. With equal parts humor and unflinching honesty, Hilary traces her life story through food: from her childhood as the ultimate picky eater, her teenage and young adult years of disordered eating, and finally learning to love herself again. Punctuated throughout with ridiculous (but very real! and important!) snack recipes like ""a baggie of goldfish"" and ""burnt toast,"" Campbell captures the reality of growing up in a woman's body in the '90s and '00s in how it shaped her life in work, friendship, and dating. Especially dating. Aren't we all seeking love, self-acceptance, and a good snack to get you through it? These hilarious stories of family, romance, and belonging prove that if food can isolate us, it also has the power to connect us to what matters most."
For December we will be reading two comics for our "Properties in Odd Contexts" Special: Godzilla's Monsterpiece Theater #1, by author and artist Tom Scioli, and all four issues of The Muppets Noir, by author and artist Roger Langridge.